Harris’s work is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of the complex operations sandwiched between Germantown and the arrival of the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
On September 11, 1777, Brandywine Creek became the site of the largest battle of the American Revolution. Outmaneuvered by General Howe’s flanking attack, Washington’s army avoided disaster thanks to a determined last stand near Birmingham Hill.